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Crow<\/strong><\/p>\n

The call of the American crow can be heard almost anywhere. It wouldn\u2019t be out of the ordinary to encounter it in the parking lot of your local Hobby Lobby. Most hear its song as a loud, grating \u201cCaw! Caw! Caw!\u201d But this spring listen for \u201cWar! War! War!\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more August Sander\u2019s Enormous Attempt to Capture a Lost World<\/a><\/p>\n

Barred Owl<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The barred owl has one of the easiest calls to put into words. Deep in the night, under the light-polluted sky, one might be heard outside your window asking, \u201cWho cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?\u201d Or, more recently, \u201cStrait of Hormuz\u2014Hormuz closed to you all!\u201d<\/p>\n

Field Sparrow<\/strong><\/p>\n

The field sparrow produces less of a song than a beat. Listeners of yore heard a dropped Ping-Pong ball\u2014the dwindling space between each note tightening it into a drumroll. Sort of like someone intoning, \u201cTrump\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. trump\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. trumptrump\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. trumptrumptrump\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. trumpety-trumptrumptrumptrump.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ovenbird<\/strong><\/p>\n

Warblers such as the ovenbird are often difficult to spot, so learning their widely varied songs is essential to identification. The ovenbird\u2019s two-syllable, passionate cry can sound like \u201cTea-CHER! Tea-CHER! Tea-CHER!\u201d increasing in volume with each repetition. Or was it \u201cEp-STEIN! Ep-STEIN! Ep-STEIN!\u201d? We may never know.<\/p>\n

Blue Jay<\/strong><\/p>\n

The blue jay is easily identified by its flamboyant personality, bold blue feathers, and size. Still, its call is noteworthy, as it simply repeats its name: \u201cJay, jay, jay.\u201d From now on, train your ears to hear \u201cGay, gay, gay.\u201d Also, when you hear it, ignore this bird and pretend it doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

Eastern Towhee<\/strong><\/p>\n

The towhee is a bird you\u2019re more likely to hear than to see as it scuttles among the understory in search of food. However, its clear, three-syllable song, often repeated during the breeding season, is easy to remember. Forget the old mnemonic \u201cDrink your tea!\u201d\u2014Americans don\u2019t drink tea. Substitute: \u201cDrink raw milk!\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more The Fear Driving \u201cWell, I\u2019ll Let You Go\u201d and \u201cOthello\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Black-Throated Green Warbler<\/strong><\/p>\n

The words by which to remember this bird\u2019s song\u2014\u201ctrees, trees, murmuring trees\u201d\u2014are poetic and pretty. So it\u2019s time for a change, especially since there are fewer and fewer trees nowadays, and only liberals like poetry anyway. How about \u201cPeace, peace, we\u2019ll never have peace\u201d?<\/p>\n

Carolina Wren<\/strong><\/p>\n

This loud bird can be heard singing all through the year\u2014its three-note call repetitious and bright. Weak Joe Biden supporters heard either \u201cTea kettle! Tea kettle! Tea kettle!\u201d (again, with the tea) or, choosing to glorify a NATO<\/em> member, \u201cGermany! Germany! Germany!\u201d To align with the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s policy, birders now legally must hear only \u201cDe-port him! De-port her! De-port them!\u201d<\/p>\n

Blue-Winged Warbler<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lazy, two-note (high, then low) song of the blue-winged warbler is the perfect soundtrack for hot summer days, when flesh-eating bacteria thrive in popular swimming holes. It\u2019s hard to hear anything but a simple \u201cbee\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. buzz\u201d with this one, but, keeping with the parasite theme, see if \u201cbrain\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. worm\u201d doesn\u2019t work just as well.<\/p>\n

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker<\/strong><\/p>\n

The yellow-bellied sapsucker has a nasally churring call, but is perhaps most identifiable by the sound it makes when it pecks a tree. The random, tireless way this bird beats its head into its quarry is symbolic of, and perfect for, our times. It needs no updating.<\/p>\n

Lame Duck<\/strong><\/p>\n

Known for its incessant, sometimes humorous, often unbelievable, but still consequential quacking, the lame duck, in theory, will eventually depart for Florida and stay there, becoming non-migratory. In the meantime, it might say just about anything, even though, at times, it sounds insane. It is nearly impossible to predict its call. You know it when you hear it.\u00a0\u2666<\/p>\n

Read more Clarence Thomas Against Progressivism\u2014and Progressives<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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